{"id":6951,"date":"2018-12-14T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6951"},"modified":"2018-12-13T01:27:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T01:27:24","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-reverses-dismissal-of-will-contest-regarding-an-interested-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-reverses-dismissal-of-will-contest-regarding-an-interested-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Will Contest Regarding an \u201cInterested Person\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The day before Eugene Lay died from lung cancer in January 2016, he allegedly signed a will that revoked his 1979 will. The new will left all of his assets to Delbert Miller. However, when Beverly Kelton, a legatee under the earlier 1979 will, challenged the 2016 testament, a \u00a0judge in Kankakee County<\/a>, Ill., granted Delbert Miller\u2019s motion to dismiss based on alleged lack of statutory standing under Section 1-2.11 of the Illinois Probate Act.<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 8-1(a) of the Illinois Probate Act authorizes attacks on the validity of a will by any \u201cinterested person,\u201d as defined in Section 1-2.11. Failure to qualify as an \u201cinterested person\u201d for a will contest amounts to a lack of standing that can be presented as an affirmative defense in a motion under Section 2-619(a)(9) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure.<\/a><\/p>\n

Miller argued that Kelton was obligated to prove that she had standing because the 2016 will contained a revocation clause. Miller relied on the dicta in the Illinois Supreme Court case of Estate of Schlenker<\/em><\/a>, 209 Ill.2d 456 (2004). In granting Miller\u2019s motion to dismiss, the trial court also cited the Estate of Koziol<\/em>,<\/a> 366 Ill.App.3d 171 (2006), which involved the presumption that a missing will was revoked.<\/p>\n

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The day before Eugene Lay died from lung cancer in January 2016, he allegedly signed a will that revoked his 1979 will. The new will left all of his assets to Delbert Miller. 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